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HebrewH7397Noun

רֵכָבִי

re.kha.vi

5Occurrences
H7397Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Rekah, a place in Palestine

probably feminine from H7401 (רָכַךְ); softness;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Hammath (H2575B); father of: Jonadab (H3082) Group of re.khav (*רֵכָב *"Rechab" H7394H) Rechabite = inhabitant of Rechar inhabitant of Rechar, a place in Judah perhaps the village of 'Rashiah' 3 miles (5 km) south of Jerusalem

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

רֵכָבִי appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
4
1 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 4:12BSB

Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.

Jeremiah 35:2BSB

“Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to offer them a drink of wine.”

Jeremiah 35:3BSB

So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons—the entire house of the Rechabites—

Jeremiah 35:5BSB

Then I set pitchers full of wine and some cups before the men of the house of the Rechabites, and I said to them, “Drink some wine.”

Jeremiah 35:18BSB

Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have kept all his commandments and have done all that he charged you to do,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.